21-08-2006, pasoleati wrote:Someone mentioned Erickson/Cavazzano´s Dragonlords. When I first saw that, my first thought was how on earth has Disney sunk so low? Cavazzano´s isn´t no longer the master he used to be 15-20 yrs and Byron Erickson is a complete failure as a writer. I don´t know whom to thank but it shines a bit hope to know there are writers like Frank Jonker to compensate for the incredible awful writers like McGreals and Erickson.

21-08-2006, Rockerduck wrote:Also, I was very pleased to read the Dragonlords-story (although that's reakky off-topic, by the way). I was blown away by the complexity of the story and the characters. I have to say Byron Erickson is one of the best scripwriters for the Ducks. He keeps his stories, and also the Dragonlords, exciting and entertaining. It was incredible how he kept the Ducks perfectly in-character, while still introducing them to a new world. A world that was drawn very well by Cavazzano, the best Italian artist alive, who has created a magnificent fabtasy world in his well polished artwork.

Dragonlords is an example showing the world how the Ducks can be kept in-character, and hold on to their specific traits, while still introducing them to new situations, that bring refreshment to the Duck-universe. They fit perfectly.

Duck-universe does need refreshment, especially if the result is utter beautyfull stories like Dragonlords best suited those having interest in exciting adventure stories where the Ducks are in-character. Hail Byron Erickson!

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But to really grasp the beauty of Cavazzano's drawings, these are poor examples. There are far more beautiful and better drawings in the actual story. He has drawn some amazing landscapes and fighting scènes, which are entertaining for 16 pages without a word of dialogue. That's something special I think. You should read the story before you judge. It's a real saga.